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Instance Types

Amazon just introduced new types of servers - larger ones. Until now it was a "one size fits all" model where you got half an Opteron CPU, 1.75GB of memory, and 160GB disk. Now you can get a server with two full Opteron cores, 7.5GB memory, and two 420GB spindles; or a server with four cores, 15GB memory, and 4x 420GB spindles. The new instances cost 4x and 8x the original ones ($0.40/hr and $0...Read more